UN high level summit on NCDs

摘要

The United Nations High Level Meeting (HLM) held in New York on 19 September 2011 was a significant meeting of heads of state and government and civil society organisations. As you will be aware from previous reports in preparation for this meeting, the political statement was reviewed further and consensus was reached among member states of the UN by the time of the summit meeting on 19 September. This in itself was some achievement. While there is considerable disappointment among civil society organisations regarding the commitments in the political statement - in particular the absence of an overarching goal and specific targets - it is nonetheless a step forward for non-communicable diseases (NCDs).